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Boo! is a children's television programme shown in the UK on the CBeebies channel, and occasionally on BBC One or BBC Two. It features several cartoon characters who play something similar to hide and seek in a variety of different settings. The commentary is by an adult narrator and a chorus of children. The series was produced by the independent programme maker Tell-Tale Productions, who was also responsible for Tweenies.

At the end of the programme a song is sung, usually about matching characters or objects to their shapes or colours.

The visual style of "Boo" is very distinctive, using 3D CGI with rounded shapes and cel-shading. The music and songs are generally in an early-70s funk/R&B idiom, similar to some of Sesame Street's music.

• Boo - a pear-shaped patchwork creature with an orange star-shaped topknot. The main object of the program is to find Boo in his various hiding places. Half-way through each episode, Boo magically adopts attributes of his surroundings (e.g. becomes "Penguin Boo" in the Antarctic).

• Laughing Duck - a yellow soft-toy duck, who laughs when "found".

• Sleeping Bear - a brown teddy bear who is usually asleep, yawning or stretching when "found". The catchphrase associated with Sleeping Bear is "Shhh... tippy-toe, tippy-toe".

• Growling Tiger - a friendly soft-toy tiger with fluffy white ears. Says "Roar!" (not "Growl!") when found. His associated catchphrase is "Run away! Run away!"

Other characters, both human and animal vary from one episode to another, but all are depicted in a style reminiscent of Playmobil toys.

Boo! can be seen in the United States on qubo's digital channel and Australia's ABC.

• CBeebies - Boo! at bbc.co.uk
• Variety story from MIPCOM 2002: BBC goes 'Boo!'
• Biographical information for Karl Woolley, sometime Managing Director of Tell-Tale Productions: [1]